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Arati Prabhakar
Engineer, physicist and business leader Arati Prabhakar became the first woman, immigrant or person of color nominated to serve as Senate-confirmed director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). If confirmed, which is highly likely given her qualifications, she will also be the first woman and person of color to lead the OSTP. Highly respected, and with an extensive background in leadership and R&D efforts, Prabhakar has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate before. She was the former lead of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and was the first woman to hold that role. She later served as director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the birthplace of breakthrough technologies like stealth aircraft and the Internet.
Sources: Science.org, The White House
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